We didn't do veggies this year (only flowers LOL), but we have a local weekly farmer's market and a great produce market that I frequent. No new recipes other than I did get a recipe for squash patties that looks good. I haven't tried it yet. In fact, I had forgotten about it until this thread, so thank you!! Tomatoes have started here and we already have okra, squash, etc. I bought my first green beans this week and we are having some tonight. We had some silver queen corn over the weekend! My very favorite and hard to find anymore. The zucchini boats sound good.

I've been experimenting with cucumbers, but I buy them at the farmers' market. I tried fermenting some, and I think I used the wrong kind of cucumber; also they came out rather bland, and so I think I need to add some more spices/herbs to them. I added dill flower stalks, but dill does not grow well for me in the summer - it's mostly a winter herb for me, like parsley and cilantro. I also think the cucumbers needed more salt.

I'm trying to grow a new crop of chocolate Habanero chilies but have not been having much luck with seeds this year. I planted over a dozen, and the first six did not make it, and now of the slower second six, only one or two seem to be making healthy plants. I used seeds that I bought, and next time I will also try using seeds that I have collected from my last crop. Basil is not looking great either - it seems to do better when I plant it later in the summer, and then it produced on into the winter - sometimes through January.

I made a zucchini casserole last week, but I got the zucchini at the farmers' market also.

My lettuces are bolting, so that's the last we will have of those. I've been babying my herbs through this intense heat, but I may have to let them die out if the summer stays this hot.

Lars, I have trouble growing dill, too. I don't know why, but it may be too hot on my deck.

I didn't plant any vegetables, but I noticed that the lime tree I planted last year has flowers, so maybe I will get some fruit this year. As always, I have a surplus of lemons and kumquats.

Down here it doesn't right now. I've just finished pulling everything for the summer, when it's too hot and humid and bug and fungus-infested to grow anything except tropical veggies like malabar spinach and yard-long beans and okar. I'll start seedlings around the first of Sept to set out towards the end of the month, barring hurricanes.

My garden is doing wonderfully!

The weeds are knee high and happy!

Other than that (I was out weeding today) my herbs are happy and my tomatoes are setting fruit. I'm trying to convince the kale to grow taller.

Onions are doing lots of green on top, but I haven't pulled any yet to see how the bulb part is doing. Garlic is great. I only put eggplant in a couple weeks ago (they're Asian varieties that don't make huge eggplants).

In the decorative area, a few of the callas lilies are indeed trying to come up (I was worried) and the cannas are doing their leafy thing, but no flowers yet - they did go in late but they'll be blooming soon. Petunias are very happy and they love it here in MA more than they ever did down in CT.

The mountain laurels were wonderful but their peak of blooming is past.

Garden is doing great. The flowers have been prettier than ever this year thanks to lots of rain and sunshine. Of course, so have the weeds. Vegetables are beginning to be plentiful. Loads of cherry tomatoes just starting, and I have picked a few large ones this week. My neighbor picked squash and zukes while we were on vacation and got the last of the lettuce. Still have plenty of squash and zucchini though. I enjoy roasting with Parmesan or grilling but should do boats for a change.

The purple hull peas are going nuts. We had our first batch for dinner the other night - so yummy when fresh, and I just picked again yesterday. Will probably have to put some in the freezer. Jalapeños are also plentiful, but sweet peppers will take a while.

Pulled most of my tomato plants last weekend. Had a great harvest. Still have a few Sun Golds, serranos, herbs and flowers. I won't be planting again until early October.

Made a roasted cherry tomato cream sauce served over zucchini noodles recently. Also saw a recipe in the NYT for Summer Squash Fritters with Garlic Dipping Sauce. I don't fry, but may give this a try. It's not deep-fried at least.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017448-summer-squash-fritters-with-garlic-dipping-sauce?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Love grilled zucchini topped with a little pesto.

I only have two Better Bush tomato plants in pots. I had to pull a few tomatoes off due to blossom end rot but the rest seem fine. I added calcium to the soil to ward off the rot. All of my flowers are doing so well. I love the flowers more than veggies.

I'm trying to convince the kale to grow taller.

I am wondering about this process. Artemis cajoling her kale.